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Romero
Number of Words: 483 / Number of Pages: 2
... torn apart. He met with each family, listening to each story and
receiving a picture of the missing people.
At one point in the story the church had been taken over,
Romero and another priest went to the church in the city of
Aguillarez to take care of the Eucharist. He was allowed in the
church, but on his way to the alter he was stopped. A man asked
him wear he was going, and after Romero answered the man turned
around and shot the alter, the cross, and the Eucharist. Romero
left the building , but turned around went back in and picked up
the Eucharist off of the ground. He was ...
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The 50s Was A Time Of Change
Number of Words: 443 / Number of Pages: 2
... were not conceivable in the 50’s. Today you can live after suffering from many diseases that would of killed you in the 50’s. We don’t have to worry about polio, the flu, and or pneumonia. Today we all have at least one TV, most of us have more. We can live out in space for months at a time, and there are computers in every classroom in school. In the 50’s opportunities were very scarce for women and minorities. Today there are laws for equal opportunity employment.
Important world issues were very different in the 50’s, than now in the 90’s. In the 50’s, the cold war was one of the most imp ...
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Prelude To Revolution
Number of Words: 351 / Number of Pages: 2
... immediate causes of the American
Revolution.
The Boston Tea Party was a famous event that took place on December
16, 1773. The Boston Tea Party was when a group of Bostonians led by Samuel
Adams, dressed up as Native Americans boarded the vessel carrying 342
chests of tea and them all overboard. The Boston Tea Party had many
consequences. It led the way to more acts of violence by colonists, who
continued to harass tea agents and to destroy cargoes and ships.
The first Skirmishes at Lexington and Concord occurred April 19,
1775, the year of the American Revolution. the battle was between about 70
co ...
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Monets Green Reflections
Number of Words: 940 / Number of Pages: 4
... of Monet’s personal style, being both scientific and painterly.
This particular painting has captivated many admirers with its pretty pastel colours, prevalent in many of Monet’s works. The yellows and pinks of the lilies are in strong contrast to the deep blues and jungle greens of the water.
Monet brought the study of the transient effects of natural light to its most refined expression, through the “Waterlilies” series. Therefore tone is an important aspect of the painting. It is used with great success, giving the appearance of shade on the right hand side. The tone also gives the impression ...
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Easy As Pi Maybe Not...
Number of Words: 999 / Number of Pages: 4
... was unsure of what he was actually looking for. On a daily basis, Max used his supercomputer, Euclid, (which spanned his entire Chinatown apartment) to make attempts at computing this value. Some days he would make accurate predictions, others he might not have been so lucky, but he never considered it luck – it was all math.
Two groups apparently had been following Max at this point – a group of Hasidic Jews and a stock market trading house. They were both also seeking this 216-digit number for their own reasons. The Jews needed it because in their language each letter is given a corresponding n ...
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Beatles 2
Number of Words: 1803 / Number of Pages: 7
... one can fit a lot on them. I have looked at the images on a few Beatles' records and, I must say, they are rather attractive and flashy. One particular cover that I was able to view is an album that went unreleased due to its picture. On the cover there is a photograph of The Beatles in a butcher shop with carcasses hanging around them; it certainly caught the eye. On another album, the boys were all dressed up in Spanish bullfighter uniforms that were gaudy enough to catch the eye of a blind man.
The sounds that the ear hears in a song are without a doubt important to the person's opinion of that son ...
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The Conversation, Directed By Francis Coppola
Number of Words: 1396 / Number of Pages: 6
... almost every normal person wants shared and know. This fact emphasizes how he is a loner even more. His secrecy is even greater emphasized when he travels to see his girlfriend, Eve.
When he arrives Harry mentions it's his birthday and she didn't even know. This fact triggers Eve's curiosity even more and she tries to find out more about him. Harry won't tell her where he works or where he even lives. He becomes upset with these questions and tells her to stop. Someone becoming nervous about these simplest of questions shows incredible insecurity, and paranoia. This side of him is strange as ...
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Chinese Art
Number of Words: 310 / Number of Pages: 2
... past
but failed to achieve and real greatness. Since the comming of the Manchu
Dynasty (1644-1911) the art of China has not been outstanding.
In architecture China has just one style, which serves for all purposes from
temple and palace to public building and private dwelling. The design is well
known, being four-sided but not square, built in two sections with a steep
overhanging roof with upturned corners, a raised ridge board with an
elevated section at each end. The buildings in the Forbidden City, Peiping,
are beutifully proportioned and are embelished with glaze tile, lacquers, and
gi ...
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Thesis: Show How Mexico Lost An Enormous Territory To The U.S. In 1848.
Number of Words: 365 / Number of Pages: 2
... way of solving a dispute, and whoever won it would
obviously acquire what they wanted. Troops were sent to the land between
the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers. General Taylor was ordered to protect the
Grande River. When in 1846, Mexican troops attacked them, war had commenced.
Though Mexico believed they would win easily, they were greatly wrong. The
capturing of Mexico city by the U.S. made them the conquerors over their
enemy. In consequence, the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo was made in 1848.
Mexico was to give up California and New mexico for only 13,000,000. It was
the Manifest destiny that had star ...
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Why Do Kids Want To Play The Guitar
Number of Words: 679 / Number of Pages: 3
... hopefuls see the mass attention and want very badly to be appreciated in the same way. In addition to this, interviews on television stations like MTV relay opinions of the band over national television that many people might be able to identify with. Teenagers may place themselves in the "same boat" as these musicians and again gain imaginary aspirations of being a famous musician though identifications of similarity like opinions and musical influences. Young adults often associate the musicians life being one of carefree status that contain many rewards, such as being above the law and being a ...
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